Medical Abbreviations: 26,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety

by Neil M. Davis

Book Overview

To assist those who must understand medical records, medical correspondence, prescriptions, as well as all other forms of medical, nursing, pharmacy and other health sciences communications. The book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931431123
• ISBN13: 9780931431128
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Neil M. Davis Associates
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Super Source

Medicine is not an exact science, but it doesn't mean that doctors (and nurses) can make up their own abbreviations or use ones that have three conflicting meanings! I am now able to make them aware how dangerously they are practicing, and the backup source to point it out. Since they now "borrow your book Marylou", transcribing orders is not only safer, but less stressfull as it has cut down on "bogus" abbreviations. Great book,I use it daily!

Huge time saver!

I use this book on a daily basis at my job doing medical transcription. It is a huge time saver, easy to use, full of information, and I can't imagine my job without it!

Medical Abbreviations:26,000

I am a medical transcriptionist for a local hospital and use the book regularly and it always has the abbreviation sought for.

Excellent

This is an excellent resource! As a medical records coder it is important to understand all of those abbreviations used by physicians. This was a book I always had to have along with my ICD-9-CM and CPT books, and I now recommend it to any new coders that I help train.

Great reference book!

This is a great reference book for medical transcriptionists in training or practicing.